What Real Subs have you been on? - Page 8

Squid95 · 11-29-07, 06:53 PM

Served on SSBNs USS H. M. Jackson, USS Georgia (now SSGN ). Toured the USS Ohio, USS Michigan and USS Nautilus (Groton), USS Dallas (SSN), USS San Francisco ( prior to collision ) and toured the USS Bowfin at Pearl, and on the same trip toured the USS Hawkbill (666, not a good hull #). Also at Pearl boarded the USS Kamaymaya, an old 640 class ( 41 for Freedom ).

I also toured an old russian Foxtrot that was tied near Lions Gate park in BC. What amazed me about the russian boat was the similarity to US subs with alot of the equipment, battlelanterns, switchboards and other little things. Even the old ash-trays and ZARFs were identical to the ones used on US boats.

Never been on a German uboat, maybe someday, would be an honor and a pleasure.

NealT · 11-29-07, 07:12 PM

The Cavala
U-505

One more back over 40 years ago and I cannot remember the name of it...

Deathfrombelow23 · 11-29-07, 07:59 PM

I'm SHOCKED -- no one's been on the U.S.S. Croaker?? Time for some of you to come to Buffalo, NY and see the Croaker! It underwent the Guppy conversion though -- YUCK!!

Still very interesting to tour.

Nokia · 11-30-07, 08:41 AM

Only been on Vesikko at Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesikko

LeafsFan · 11-30-07, 08:49 AM

HMCS Onondaga in Halifax harbour on a wet day in May 1996.

HB

wild bill · 11-30-07, 01:28 PM

Hey, whats wrong with boats having the greater underwater propulsion pack? Bill were you on the Nautilus in spring of 1968?

wild bill

StkNRdr · 11-30-07, 04:23 PM

That I remember:

Bowfin http://www.bowfin.org/website/index.cfm
Growler http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/pages/growler
Albacore http://www.ussalbacore.org/
Abraham Lincoln http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Abr...coln_(SSBN-602)
And if it counts, the conning tower of the Squalus/Sailfish

Witnessed the launches of:
Jack
John Adams
Nathanael Greene
Dolphin

Grom · 11-30-07, 05:27 PM

HMS Alliance (Gosport, UK)
Holland 1 (Gosport, UK)
HMS Onyx (Birkenhead UK)
U - 534 (Birkenhead UK)
ORP Orzeł Kilo class (Gdynia Poland)
ORP Bielik Kobben class (Gdynia Poland)

Sledgehammer427 · 11-30-07, 09:55 PM

Nautilus...
Lionfish...
Watched a Flight I L.A. cruise down Groton....
U-505...wish i coulda taken pictures...and wished they hadnt hacked apart the insides...and loaded it wish speakers, and wish you could go into the C.T....and that the tour guide was a complete dip**** (he put the motors in reverse...)
etc.

loreed · 12-01-07, 12:09 PM

THe only sub I habe been in is the U505. WOud love to get insice a type Vii

Neptunus Rex · 12-01-07, 12:11 PM

Served aboard:

USS Pintado (SSN-672) 2 years
USS Tunny (SSN-682) 3 years
(As an interesting note [to me at least], both Pintados' and Tunnys' Reactor Compartments are resting side by side in WA state).

Visited/toured/did work on:

USS Cavalla (SSN)
USS Aspro (SSN)
USS Hawkbill (SSN-666)
USS Tautog (SSN)
USS George Washington (SSBN)(or Slow Attack in her later years)
USS Ohio (SSBN)
USS Pogy (SSN)
USS Skipjack (SSN)
USS Sargo (SSN)
USS Sea Dragon (SSN)
USS Grayback (SSG)
USS San Franciso (SSN)
USS La Jolla (SSN)
USS Barbell (SSG)
(just about every boat that served in Pearl.)

USS Ling (Hackensack NJ)
USS Bowfin (and Bowfin Park) Pearl
USS Nautilus (Groton CT)
USS Croaker (Groton CT)

ChrisG2100 · 12-01-07, 10:18 PM

I've been lucky enough to have been on two:

The USS Albacore (AGSS-569) which was a test bed for the modern hulls of today

and the

USS Lionfish (SS-298) which had two war patrols and sank a japanise sub

Drebbel · 12-02-07, 11:22 AM

Pampanito

Zeeleeuw:

Yellow Submarine:

U-359:

Cavalla:

U49 · 12-02-07, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharkfin

Visited the U-995 (Type VIIC/41) at the Marine-Ehrenmal in Laboe / Germany
and the U-2540 (Type XXI Wilhelm Bauer) in Bremerhaven / Germany.

Same for me

!

Also I have seen U-1 in Deutsches Museum / München / Germany
http://www.deutsches-museum.de/samml...schiffahrt/u1/

Next one will probably be U-9 in Speyer/ Germany
http://www.museumspeyer.de/0000420A2...54F5_0001.html

Typhoontony · 12-02-07, 02:28 PM

I was on the HMCS Grilse (USS Burrfish), HMCS Ojibwa, and HMCS Windsor (HMS Unicorn).

Tony

11-30-07, 08:41 AM	#109
Nokia Samurai Navy Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Suomi Finland Posts: 572 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Only been on Vesikko at Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesikko __________________

11-30-07, 09:55 PM	#114
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,901 Downloads: 280 Uploads: 0	Nautilus... Lionfish... Watched a Flight I L.A. cruise down Groton.... U-505...wish i coulda taken pictures...and wished they hadnt hacked apart the insides...and loaded it wish speakers, and wish you could go into the C.T....and that the tour guide was a complete dip**** (he put the motors in reverse...) etc. __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

12-01-07, 12:09 PM	#115
loreed Torpedoman Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Alaska Posts: 112 Downloads: 83 Uploads: 0	U505 THe only sub I habe been in is the U505. WOud love to get insice a type Vii

12-01-07, 12:11 PM	#116
Neptunus Rex Frogman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 294 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Served aboard: USS Pintado (SSN-672) 2 years USS Tunny (SSN-682) 3 years (As an interesting note [to me at least], both Pintados' and Tunnys' Reactor Compartments are resting side by side in WA state). Visited/toured/did work on: USS Cavalla (SSN) USS Aspro (SSN) USS Hawkbill (SSN-666) USS Tautog (SSN) USS George Washington (SSBN)(or Slow Attack in her later years) USS Ohio (SSBN) USS Pogy (SSN) USS Skipjack (SSN) USS Sargo (SSN) USS Sea Dragon (SSN) USS Grayback (SSG) USS San Franciso (SSN) USS La Jolla (SSN) USS Barbell (SSG) (just about every boat that served in Pearl.) USS Ling (Hackensack NJ) USS Bowfin (and Bowfin Park) Pearl USS Nautilus (Groton CT) USS Croaker (Groton CT) __________________ Neptunus Rex sends "In the spirit of reaching across the aisle, we owe it to the Democrats to show their president the exact same kind of respect and loyalty that they have shown our recent Republican president." A.C. 11-5-08 Last edited by Neptunus Rex; 12-05-07 at 09:00 PM.

12-01-07, 10:18 PM	#117
ChrisG2100 Shore leave Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 70 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	I've been lucky enough to have been on two: The USS Albacore (AGSS-569) which was a test bed for the modern hulls of today and the USS Lionfish (SS-298) which had two war patrols and sank a japanise sub __________________ GWX 1.03 SH3 Commander 2.7 100% Realism w/MoBo v1.0 - Except for (External View) It's just too good U-48, Type VIIB, 1nd Patrol 8th Patrol Overall Now sending reports to operationspinnennetz.isaf.us

11-29-07, 06:53 PM	#106
Squid95 Watch Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 22 Downloads: 72 Uploads: 0	Served on SSBNs USS H. M. Jackson, USS Georgia (now SSGN ). Toured the USS Ohio, USS Michigan and USS Nautilus (Groton), USS Dallas (SSN), USS San Francisco ( prior to collision ) and toured the USS Bowfin at Pearl, and on the same trip toured the USS Hawkbill (666, not a good hull #). Also at Pearl boarded the USS Kamaymaya, an old 640 class ( 41 for Freedom ). I also toured an old russian Foxtrot that was tied near Lions Gate park in BC. What amazed me about the russian boat was the similarity to US subs with alot of the equipment, battlelanterns, switchboards and other little things. Even the old ash-trays and ZARFs were identical to the ones used on US boats. Never been on a German uboat, maybe someday, would be an honor and a pleasure.

11-29-07, 07:12 PM	#107
NealT Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 2 Meters Below Jimbuna Posts: 1,060 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	The Cavala U-505 One more back over 40 years ago and I cannot remember the name of it...

11-29-07, 07:59 PM	#108
Deathfrombelow23 Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 134 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I'm SHOCKED -- no one's been on the U.S.S. Croaker?? Time for some of you to come to Buffalo, NY and see the Croaker! It underwent the Guppy conversion though -- YUCK!! Still very interesting to tour.

11-30-07, 08:49 AM	#110
LeafsFan Watch Officer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 332 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	HMCS Onondaga in Halifax harbour on a wet day in May 1996. HB

11-30-07, 01:28 PM	#111
wild bill Watch Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: brooklyn Posts: 25 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hey, whats wrong with boats having the greater underwater propulsion pack? Bill were you on the Nautilus in spring of 1968? wild bill

11-30-07, 04:23 PM	#112
StkNRdr Swabbie Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 7 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	That I remember: Bowfin http://www.bowfin.org/website/index.cfm Growler http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/pages/growler Albacore http://www.ussalbacore.org/ Abraham Lincoln http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Abr...coln_(SSBN-602) And if it counts, the conning tower of the Squalus/Sailfish Witnessed the launches of: Jack John Adams Nathanael Greene Dolphin

11-30-07, 05:27 PM	#113
Grom In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 111 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	HMS Alliance (Gosport, UK) Holland 1 (Gosport, UK) HMS Onyx (Birkenhead UK) U - 534 (Birkenhead UK) ORP Orzeł Kilo class (Gdynia Poland) ORP Bielik Kobben class (Gdynia Poland)

12-02-07, 11:22 AM	#118
Drebbel Dutch Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Almost at periscope death ! Posts: 1,665 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Pampanito Zeeleeuw: Yellow Submarine: U-359: Cavalla:

12-02-07, 02:28 PM	#120
Typhoontony Nub Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ontario. Canada Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was on the HMCS Grilse (USS Burrfish), HMCS Ojibwa, and HMCS Windsor (HMS Unicorn). Tony __________________ The only stupid question is one that isn\'t asked.

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